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tw611345··on Reasons for servers to support IPv6
Why would they?

- IPv6 is basically an abandoned standard. I wouldn't expect them to support gopher either.

- Residential ISP support for ipv6 is spotty, and anyone who does offer ipv6 offers ipv4 as well.

- When it is supported, ipv6 tends to be substantially slower than ipv4 in practice.

- The addresses are a pain to look at and work with.

- You now have twice as many things to fail.